Ryan started his career in the asset management industry in 1992, working in quantitative research and equity portfolio management in an HSBC subsidiary. In 2000 he joined AXA, and became chief investment officer for the insurance business in Japan in 2003 and subsequently for Asia.

In 2008, he was appointed CEO in charge of various regions (Japan and EMEA) for AllianceBernstein’s US asset management subsidiary. In 2017, Ryan joined Generali as group chief investment officer for insurance assets and global CEO of asset and wealth management.

Among other moves, last November Natixis Investment Managers made three appointments in Taiwan. James Chen was appointed as general manager of Natixis IM Taiwan in July. Chloe Tai and Sophia Huang were appointed as associate directors of Natixis IM Taiwan, focusing on institutional investor business. Last December, Natixis Investment Managers appointed Renan Borne as chief information officer and digital transformation lead.

Barclays Private Bank
has appointed Andrew Naylor as a business development manager in advisor solutions to help expand the regional footprint. He will report to Mark Barrington, director and head of intermediary sales.

Naylor joins from Cornelian Asset Managers, part of the Brooks Macdonald Group. Previously, he served in senior business development roles at Seven Investment Management, Macquarie and the Aviva Group, and is a chartered member of the Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Vistra
, which provides fund, corporate, capital market and private wealth market services, has launched a new arm focused on the loans sector.

The organisation has rolled out Global Capital Markets – “Loan Market Solutions.” The move coincides with Navita Yadav’s move to London. Yadav is global head of capital markets. She has spent the past decade leading development of the largest integrated platform for facilitating debt capital markets, securitisation and private debt businesses for Vistra. Her specialties include structured finance and debt issuance across capital markets and loan markets.

By adding loan market solutions to its capital market services, Vistra can provide loan administration services on a more complex range of products from debt funds to collateralised loan obligations, it said.

“As asset managers strive for yield in a long-term, low interest rate environment, there is an increasing demand to outsource services to specialist providers with readiness to act in rapidly changing market conditions and at a reduced cost,” William Douglas, Vistra’s chief commercial officer, said.